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On the January 2021 Electoral Justice Protest
Episode 177
On one of the seminal events of modern history, the January 6, 2021 Electoral Justice Protest—and of the friend/enemy distinction, and of what flows from it. (The written version of this analysis can…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (Timothy Ware)
Episode 176
On a classic introductory work on Eastern Orthodoxy, with thoughts on Orthodoxy's relation to the West, especially the Crusades, and to the modern Turks. (The written version of this review was first…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (Jeffrey Lewis)
Episode 175
From 2018, but both my core predictions here, that history will return (even if it returned in 2020 as clown show), and that the deplatforming of conservatives from social media was just beginning, h…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies (Scott Yenor)
Episode 174
An examination of the pernicious ideology of feminism, and of what can and should be done to combat it by future rulers. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Dark Emu (Bruce Pascoe)
Episode 173
Of Australia, Australian cultural politics, and the ludicrous racial-religious cult surrounding Australia's first inhabitants. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (David Gress)
Episode 172
A hugely erudite work of historiography, in my thoughts about which I also explain my admiration for Hernán Cortes, man of glory and contradiction, and what is necessary for a restoration of Western …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
On the Brawndo Tyranny
Episode 171
A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the pro…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die (Tom Gallagher)
Episode 170
A detailed analysis of a successful Right authoritarian leader, the largely-forgotten António Salazar, who should not be forgotten. And, of course, my own thoughts, in this case on corporatism as a …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter (Scott Adams)
Episode 169
Although my opinion of Scott Adams has gone up since I wrote this in 2018, due to his firm basis in reality and willingness to stand by it, I didn't like this book, or how Adams portrayed himself in …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Kissinger: 1923–1968: The Idealist (Niall Ferguson)
Episode 168
A voluminous and magisterial, yet largely boring, historical analysis of a man who is already being forgotten. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago